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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June 1, 1904. 
The following Table gives the Acreages and Re- 
sults for the year :— 
Estate. 
a 
a, 
o 
a a> 
S ft 
o ■: 
3 
Aberdeen 
Calaay 
Dunkeld 
Luocombe 
Thornfield- 
Gleneagles 
Uda Radella 
361 91,943 
365 162,449 
517 173,189 
542 146,802 
464 239,147 
462 170,752 
(D a: -Q 
255 31'05 
1 11 
■g a o 
;z; ^ 
5'41 142 
445 31-54 7-40 1,551 14 11 
335 30-77 6-38 1,087 0 2 
271 34-72 6-07 292 18 4 
515 28 10 7-50 2,938 16 4 
370 31-66 7-82 1,916 9 11 
2,711 984,282 363 30-90 6-93 i;7,924 1 7 
The Working Profits have been adversely affected 
by the serious shortage in crops on some of the 
Estates, due to unfavourable weather in the latter part 
> of the year, Uda Eadella being the chief sufferer. 
The total Acreage of the^Eatates on 1st Januaryi 
1904, was as follows :— 
. Acrage under Tea, _ 
1 
>-i 
d 
ce 
c3 
0 
bt 
c3 
<D 
-5 a 
.a 
P5 . 
Estate. 
par 
beari 
a . 
^ (U 
cp- ■> 
< 
■S.2 
U fD 
a'" 
t-H 
a ■ 
15 
0 
H 
0 CQ 
&^ 
0 
EH 
Aberdeen 
361 
361 
119 
480 
Calsay 
365 
10 
375 
12 
387 
Dunkeld 
517 
517 
79 
596 
liuccombe 
512 
542 
208 
750 
Thornfield 
1 464 
464 
48 
512 
Gleneagles 
Uda Radella 
405 
57 
13 
475 
80 
555 
Eehelgama 
322 
322 
2,654 
57 
23 
2,734 
868 
3,602 
In accordance with the Articles of Association, Mr 
E J Young retires from the Board at this Meeting, 
and being eligible, offers himself for re-election. 
Messrs. W B Peat & Co, also offer themselves 
for re-appointment as Auditors to the Company. — 
By order of the Board, W. H. Bartlett, Secretary, 
London, 19 th April, 1904. 
THE IMPERIAL CEYLON 
LIMITED 
TkA ESTATES 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. 
Directors.— John Bell-Irving, Esq., Chairman ; 
R S Gorbett Esq., Alex. Thomson Esq., and W 
Megginson Esq. 
The Directors now beg to submit the Balance Sheet 
and Profit and Loss Account for the year ending Slst 
Deoembsr, 1903. 
The Nett Profit, after payment of Debenture end 
other Interest for the year, amounts to £4,851 43 9d. 
To which has to be added the balance brought forward 
from 1902 £767 13a lid. Total £5,618 IBs 83. 
This the Directors propose to deal with as follows: — 
(1) In writing off from cost of Properties, as Depre- 
ciation of Machinery, &c. £1,000. (2) in payment of a 
Dividend of 4 per cent (free of Income tax) on the 
paid-up share capital of the Company £3,600. (3) lu 
carrying forward to next year the balance of £1,018 
189 83. Total £5,618 18 8d. 
The following Table gives the Acreages, and 
Kesults for the year. 
14 " 
526 
Binoya - 
Edinburgh 398 
St. Vigeans 
&Friedlana346 
MottiDgham 221 
Nonpareil 291 
H 
208212 
?31236 
128562 
91169 
51595 
386 
556 
372 
413 
177 
O to 
O a. 
26'22 
27-90 
84-42 
30 67 
47-52 
^ 2-° 
5- 83 
7-55 
7-19 
6- 07 
6-28 
O Q, 
1464 0 9 
3423 11 10 
870 10 10 
423 0 0 
1782 695774 390 30 43 C 69 £6181 3 5 
Deficit on Nonpareil 310 3 4 
£5871 0 1 
All the Coffee on Nonpareil having been cut out, 
there was no revenue from that source last year, whilst 
the Tea in its immature stage was insufficient to 
meet the ordinai"V working expenditure. It is esti- 
mated that this Estate will show a profit for 1904, 
and yield steadily increasing profits in the future. 
The total Acreage of ihe Estates as on Isb 
January, 1904, was as follows : — 
Acrease under 
Tea. 
Bmoya 
Edinisurgh . . 
St. Vigeans & 
Friedland 
Mottingham 
Nonpareil . . 
EH 
441 
350 
346 
212 
93 
85 
48 
a 
60 
CD — ^ 
EH 
9 
198 
626 
398 
346 
221 
291 
D5 . 
O 00 
403 
39 
2 
... 37 
54 204 
EH 
929 
437 
318 
258 
549 
1442 340 
1782 54 685 2521 
In nccordance with the Articles of Association, Mr 
J Bell-Irving retires from the Board at this Meeting, 
and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election. 
Messrs. W B Peat & Co., also off. r themselves for re- 
appointment as Auditors to the Company. 
By Order of the Board, 
W. H. Bartlett, 
London, 18th April, 1301. 2 Secretary. 
EXPERIMENTAL FLANIATIONS IN THE 
F. M. STATES. 
A report on the experimental plantations in the 
Federated Malay States is Issued as a supplement 
to the Negri Senibilan Government Gazette, 
Labour has been scarce, it is stated, throughout 
the year, and the plantations have been ehielly 
dependent on Javanese, who, although excellent 
coolies for certain works — such as draining and 
roading, especially when employed on contracts — 
are far more independent than tbe Tamil cooly. 
Endeavours have been made to recruit a batch 
of Tamil coolies from India. We quote : — 
Crops under Cultivation. — The Kickxia 
elastica (LAGOS silk rubber), referred to in the 
last report, has continued to make very good 
growth, and is apparently well suited to the coi.- 
ditions obtaining in tins country ; but, unfortu- 
nately, it is so persistently attacked by caterpillars 
of a moth (Caprinia cocliynalis), that it is very 
doubtful if it cm be cultivated successfully. Up 
to a height of 5-6 feet this pest can be kept in 
check by systematic hand-picking, but as the tiees 
get taller this method becomes more or less 
impracticable. So far, I have been unable to 
find any other food plant of this caterpillar, nor 
